lejeune

In 1953, like a fool, I joined the U.S. Marine Corps. Then I was sent to Camp Lejeune to train (this was near the end of fighting in Korea). While training, I was chosen to train as a Scout Sniper. While training, I drank the water. I learned in 1987 that it was loaded with death, including cleaning fluids as well as other poisons.

I never heard about the water at Camp Lejeune until about a month ago. I was born there in 1962. My life has been plagued by health problems. As of this writing, I am in a wheelchair with so many medical issues the doctors are having trouble deciding which to address first.

The following is a personal story submitted to Civilian Exposure and published as part…

The following is a personal story submitted to Civilian Exposure and published as part…

Friends of Civilian Exposure, Happy 2018! We’re going to kick off the New Year…

At toxic cleanup sites across the country, environmental agencies have allowed groundwater contamination to go untreated and slowly diminish over time — a strategy that saves money for polluters but could cost taxpayers dearly and jeopardize drinking water supplies.

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The United States Air Force, the U.S. Army and regional police and fire departments  conducted extensive nuclear, chemical and biological warfare, hazardous material incident response, explosive ordinance disposal training, emergency medical and emergency rescue training from before World War II until after Operation Desert Storm.

Happy 2017! We’re going to kick off the New Year with more activities and projects to increase awareness for victims of Camp Lejeune contamination. As I reflect on 2016, I do so with enormous gratitude for the gift of your continued and ongoing support for the mission of Civilian Exposure.

As promised, we recently received the results of this FOIA inquiry from one of our subscribers.  At their request, we have redacted their name and contact information from the first page of this document. Any redaction after page 1 was already part of the document received from the DOD IG.